| Belgian Gardens Townsville, Queensland |
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| Population: | 2,251 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 4810 | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Townsville | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Townsville | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Herbert | ||||||||||||
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Belgian Gardens in an inner city suburb, 5 km from the Central Business district in Townsville, Queensland Australia. It is a suburban area and has restricted zoning laws to reduce the amount of corporate buildings and apartments. It is home to the Belgian Gardens State School. It also has the Belgian Gardens Cemetery and is adjacent to Rowes Bay and many kilometres of beach front parkland. Before the advent of World War I, the suburb was named 'German Gardens'. However, during the course of the war the suburb was renamed to 'Belgian Gardens'.[1]